[Andrew Cook]

Travis,

I would have to agree with you on the Some Kids solo.  For me the highlight 
of the last few gigs I've seen has been the endless solo at the end of that 
song - close to guitar heaven for me!

Other Oils guitar solo highlights:

Is It Now? - I don't know about anyone else but I pump up the volume of my 
stereo during the last bit of this song on the Head Injuries album!
Eye Contact - great version from Narrabeen Sands show on The Real Thing 
single!
Wedding Cake Island - great emotional playing
Hercules - the bit at the end of the song

Other bands:

Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This...
Spy v Spy - A.O. Mod TV
Died Pretty - State of Graceful Mourning - simple but beautiful
The Clash - Total Control

More will come to me later... also not usually into the guitar solos but the 
ones I like seem to be short and sweet and fit into the rest of the song and 
don't sound like they're out of place or in there for the sake of it!

Cheers,

Andrew


>From: Travis Zanoni <TravisZ@actf.com.au>
>To: "'powderworks@cs.colorado.edu'" <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
>Subject: RE: [Powderworks] Helps Me Helps You
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:31:48 +1100
>
>Arrrggghh.  I don't actually have a top five as such...but if I did Helps 
>Me
>would certainly be in there.  But now you've got me thinking and I'll just
>have to list some of my faves.
>
>Oils first (in no particular order)
>Helps Me Helps You - amazing
>Used & Abused - blistering
>Surfing With A Spoon - it's got it all
>Cold Cold Change - very melodic
>Nothing Lost Nothing Gained - the middle one...you can feel the emotion and
>frustration in it
>Star Of Hope - very cool
>Common Ground - smooth
>Basement Flat - great interplay at the end
>
>The recorded version is good...but at a gig, I could listen to Jim Moginie
>wail away at the end of Some Kids for about 3 years straight, and still not
>get tired of it.....and in 3 years the old bastard might manage to look
>up..just once.
>
>
>
>Non Oils related would have to include the late, very great, George
>Harrison's work on All My Lovin'...possibly the greatest 4 note lead in to
>any solo ever played!  I know it's a standard....but the solo on Stairway 
>to
>Heaven is very impressive.  Top points also go to Brad Shepherd of the 
>Gurus
>who seemed to only ever use about 5 notes in all his solos but could
>rearrange them into 100 different variations.  Anything Duanne Eddy played
>always sounded cool.  You can always count on Angus.....and I know it
>certainly isn't cool, and probably shouldn't admit this on an Oils
>list...but I've always thought the solo in My Sherona is very cool!
>
>I'm not a huge fan of that many different players and have never really got
>into the guitar as a solo instrument so I'm sure a lot of you will think 
>I'm
>crazy for leaving a lot of players out.
>
>Now I'm sure I've forgotten plenty, especially Oils ones, and as soon as I
>press send they will all come flooding back into my memory.  So....as
>whenever I list fave Oil things...this is just a record of now...tomorrow
>could be different.
>
>I look forward to hearing from other fans of the six-string.
>
>
>
>
>
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>To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
>Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Helps Me Helps You
>
>
>
>   Trav, i agree! what are the others in your top five.
>                                          see ya,
>                                                   Damien.
>
>
>
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